CVE-2017-5446

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2017-5446  

An out-of-bounds read when an HTTP/2 connection to a servers sends "DATA" frames with incorrect data content. This leads to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 45.9, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

An out-of-bounds read when an HTTP/2 connection to a servers sends "DATA" frames with incorrect data content. This leads to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 45.9, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.

Find out more about CVE-2017-5446 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 7.5
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (thunderbird) RHSA-2017:1201 2017-05-08
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (firefox) RHSA-2017:1106 2017-04-21
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) RHSA-2017:1104 2017-04-20
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (thunderbird) RHSA-2017:1201 2017-05-08

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 firefox Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 thunderbird Will not fix

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Chun Han Hsiao as the original reporter.

External References